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180, Lot: 328. Estimate $150.Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Contorniates. Late 4th century AD. Æ 36mm (18.71 g). Struck in the name of Trajan. Laureate head of Trajan right / Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding grape bunch and thyrsus, panther at feet; maenad advancing left, playing tibiae, and satyr advancing right, head left, holding pedum and wineskin, on either side below; maenads advancing left, shaking thyrsus, and lifting veil, on either side above. Alföldi 300.15 (same dies). Fine, brown patina, porous, large deposit obscuring Trajan’s head and face.